Festivals and concert series
The early music festival scene in the UK is extraordinarily creative and adventurous. Emerging and established artists alike are bridging the gap between the past and the present with inspiring programmes at festivals and in concert series across the country.
The Music Summer School and Festival
With over 30 courses each week and up to 5 talks and concerts each day, the MSSF is a joyous celebration of musical creativity.
'A School by Day, a Festival by Night' - The Music Summer School and Festival features courses in choral singing and vocal ensembles; baroque orchestra; opera; composition and improvisation; early music techniques; ensemble playing; musicianship skills; individual vocal and instrumental classes, and much more.
- ☀️Summer festival
- 📅Sat 27 July 2024 — Sat 10 August 2024
- 📍Gresham's School, Holt
Early Music at the BBC Proms
The 130th Proms season promises eight weeks of diverse and captivating programmes at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and beyond.
- ☀️Summer festival
- 📅Fri 19 July 2024 — Sat 14 September 2024
- 📍London, Bristol, Nottingham, Gateshead, Aberdeen, Belfast and Newport
Music in Country Churches
- ☀️Summer series
- 📅Wed 31 July 2024
- 📍Gloucestershire, Northamptonshire, Norfolk, East Sussex, Devon, Suffolk
St Cecilia's Hall
- 🎉Throughout the year
- 📅Wed 7 August 2024
- 📍Edinburgh, Scotland
St Martin-in-the-Fields
- 🎉Throughout the year
- 📅Fri 9 August 2024
- 📍St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
St Clement Danes Sunday Recital Series
- 🎉Throughout the year
- 📅Sun 11 August 2024
- 📍St Clement Danes Church, London
Handel Hendrix House
- 🌱Spring series
- 📅Mon 2 September 2024
- 📍Handel Hendrix House
Medieval Music in the Dales
- 🍂Autumn festival
- 📅Fri 13 September 2024
- 📍Bolton Castle, North Yorkshire
Tetbury Music Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- 📅Sat 28 September 2024
- 📍St Marys' Church, Tetbury
Banbury Early Music Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- 📅Sat 28 September 2024
- 📍St Mary's Church, Banbury
Mayfield Festival
- 🌱Spring festival
- 📅Sun 29 September 2024
- 📍Mayfield, East Sussex
Worcestershire Early Music
- 🎉Throughout the year
- 📅Sun 6 October 2024
- 📍Angel Centre, Worcester
Cambridge Early Music
- 🎉Throughout the year
- 📅Wed 9 October 2024
- 📍Cambridge
Brighton Early Music Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- 📅Fri 11 October 2024
- 📍Brighton
Brecon Baroque Festival
- 🍂Autumn festival
- 📅Fri 11 October 2024
- 📍Brecon
Saffron Hall
- 🎉Throughout the year
- 📅Sun 20 October 2024
- 📍Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
London International Festival of Early Music
- 🍂Autumn festival
- 📅Wed 13 November 2024
- 📍Blackheath, London
Sands Films Music Room
- 🎉Throughout the year
- 📅Thu 21 November 2024
- 📍Rotherhithe, London
Buxton International Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- 📅Thu 10 July 2025
- 📍Buxton
Barbican Centre & Milton Court
- 🎉Throughout the year
- 📅TBA
- 📍Barbican Centre, London
Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival
- 🌱Spring festival
- 📅TBA
- 📍Beverley and East Riding, Yorkshire
Bristol Early Music Festival
- 🌱Spring festival
- 📅TBA
- 📍All Saints Church, Clifton, Bristol
Chipping Campden Music Festival
- 🌱Spring festival
- 📅TBA
- 📍St James' Church, Chipping Campden
Concerts at the National Musicians' Church
- 🎉Throughout the year
- 📅TBA
- 📍Holy Sepulchre Church, Holborn Viaduct
English Haydn Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- 📅TBA
- 📍St Mary Magdalene Church, Bridgnorth
Fairest Isle Festival
- 🌱Spring festival
- 📅TBA
- 📍Isle of Wight - Newport, Ryde and Ventnor
Folkestone Early Music
- 🎉Throughout the year
- 📅TBA
- 📍The Grand Hotel, Folkestone
Harpsichord en Fête
- ❄️Winter festival
- 📅TBA
- 📍Saint Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh and King’s College Chapel, Aberdeen
Keble Early Music Festival
- ❄️Winter festival
- 📅TBA
- 📍Keble College Chapel, Oxford
King's Lynn Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- 📅TBA
- 📍King's Lynn
Leamington Early Music Series
- ❄️Winter series
- 📅TBA
- 📍St Mary's Church, Warwick
Lewes Baroquefest
- ☀️Summer festival
- 📅TBA
- 📍Lewes, East Sussex
Lichfield Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- 📅TBA
- 📍Lichfield, Staffordshire
London Festival of Baroque Music
- 🌱Spring festival
- 📅TBA
- 📍St John's Smith Square, London
London Handel Festival
- 🌱Spring festival
- 📅TBA
- 📍St George's, Hanover Square & other London venues
New College Early Music Series
- ☀️Summer series
- 📅TBA
- 📍The New Space, Oxford
Newbury Spring Festival
- 🌱Spring festival
- 📅TBA
- 📍Newbury, Berkshire
Otley Baroque
- 🎉Throughout the year
- 📅TBA
- 📍All Saints’ Church, Otley
Purbeck Art Weeks Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- 📅TBA
- 📍Various locations in the Purbecks, Dorset
St George's Bristol Baroque Series
- 🎉Throughout the year
- 📅TBA
- 📍St George's Bristol
Stoke Newington Early Music Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- 📅TBA
- 📍Stoke Newington
Stour Music
- ☀️Summer festival
- 📅TBA
- 📍All Saints Church, Boughton Aluph
Surrey Bach Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- 📅TBA
- 📍St Mary’s Church, Stoke D’Abernon
The Georgian Concert Society
- 🎉Throughout the year
- 📅TBA
- 📍St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh
The Ryedale Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- 📅TBA
- 📍Ryedale, North Yorkshire
Vermeer Chamber Concerts
- 🎉Throughout the year
- 📅TBA
- 📍London
York Early Music Festival
- ☀️Summer festival
- 📅TBA
- 📍National Centre for Early Music, York